blah workshop 2008
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Blended Learning Workshop @ Adaptive Hypermedia 2008 Group work on MotivationTRANSCRIPT
Blah: Learner Motivation
While walking around
Stephan, Judith, Jeppe, Mihaela
The Problem
Blended learning: Variety of courses, learning material available
How to get learner motivated to use it?
Too much choice may be demotivating:If I have one book to read, I may feel guilty for not having done so. If I have the library, I no longer feel guilt.
Motivation Strategies (1)
• Reward – Point system– Reputation (but who wants to be “super learner”?)
• Praise– How to get learner to take seriously if not by real
teacher? [But easy to fool people..]– ‘Lying’: adapting level at which praise given– Peer praise (cf. ‘hug’ in Facebook)
• Encourage competition• Punish (cf. Super Nanny)
– Rules and stick to them
Motivation Strategies (2)
• Get learner to state initial reason for wanting to learn, and use this later
• Get learner to set goals (and if not capable, scaffold goal setting)
• Give feedback related to learning goal/ initial motivation• Recommend activities related to learning goal/ initial
motivation• Show how others are getting on (cf. open learner
models)• Establish a routine
– Regular small activities (e.g. rate one thing on login, learn one word each day)
– Explicitly ask/remind
Motivation Strategies (3)
• Provide fixed opportunities: limit availability• Make learning fun
– Use a dialogue / Socrates approach– Use games / playing– Reward entertainment (but quality…)– Challenge (at right levels)
• Provide community feeling• Show real-world relevance
– Input older students/graduates/business– Responsibility / Role models– Real world use in tasks
Motivation Strategies (3)
• Provide fixed opportunities: limit availability• Make learning fun
– Use a dialogue / Socrates approach– Use games / playing– Reward entertainment (but quality…)– Challenge (at right levels)
• Provide community feeling• Show real-world relevance
– Input older students/graduates/business– Responsibility / Role models– Real world use in tasks